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The Trinity as a Dance

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 24, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 (RM) or Isaiah 6:1-8 (RCL); Psalm 33 (RM) or 29 (RCL); Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20 (RM) or John 3:1-17 (RCL.) It’s been said that God made humankind…

The Theology of Star Trek

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 17, 2024
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Acts 2:1-11 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL; Psalm 104; I Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Galatians 5:16-25 (RM) or Romans 8:22-27 (RCL); John 20:19-23 or John 15: 26-27, 16:12-15 (RM) or John…

The Philippines: The Heat is On!

Post author:Petite Lao
Post published:May 13, 2024
Post category:Climate Change Mission Work
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The Philippines has been grappling with the heat wave and the effects of El Niño since last year, but this year's intensity during the summer months has been particularly severe,…

Heaven Above, Earth Below

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 10, 2024
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Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 4:1-13 (RM) or Eph 1:15-23 (RCL); Mark 16: 15-20 (RM) or Luke 24:44-53 (RCL.) Life must have been so much simpler when the earth…

ANZAC Day Commemoration in New Zealand

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:May 6, 2024
Post category:Our Times and Culture Social Justice
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ANZAC Day Commemoration I am writing this on April 25, a public holiday as New Zealanders remember those 2779 New Zealand soldiers who died at Gallipoli in the senseless assault…

Go and Bear Fruit, Fruit That Will Last

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 3, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 10: 25-26, 34-35, 44-48 (RM) or 44-48 (RCL); Psalm 98; 1 John 4: 7-10 (RM) or 1 John 5: 1-6 (RCL); John 15: 9-17. These past few weeks our…

Gardening ABCs: “A” is for Asteraceae

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:April 29, 2024
Post category:Food and Gardening
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Did you know that the Asteraceae (a.k.a. the Aster or Daisy) family includes one of our most popular vegetables, lettuce? And this is the perfect time of year to start…

The Pruning of the Vineyard

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:April 26, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 9: 26-31 (RM) or Acts 8: 26-40 (RCL); Psalm 22; 1 John 3: 18-24 (RM) or 1 John 4: 7-21 (RCL); John 15: 1-8. “After a while it really…

A Musing on Charism (Part II of II)

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:April 22, 2024
Post category:Divine Missions Religious Life
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Trinity, Cosmic Principles and Charism Our faith experience reveals that the Trinity, ‘Father, Son, and Spirit,’ is One—i.e. three ways of being totally given one to the other with nothing…

The Metaphor of the Good Shepherd

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:April 19, 2024
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Acts 4: 8-12 (RM) or 5-12 (RCL); Psalm 118 (RM) or 23 (RCL); 1 John 3: 1-2 (RM) or 1 John 3: 16-24 (RCL); John 10: 11-18. Yes, it’s “Good…